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100 Greatest Cricketers by Benedict Bermange (Sky Sports)

sayon basak

sayon basak

International Vice-Captain
Here's the list:-
1: W.G. Grace

2: Donald Bradman

3: Garry Sobers

5-4: Shane Warne (5), Sachin Tendulkar (4)

10-6: Imran Khan (10), Viv Richards (9), Sydney Barnes (8), Jack Hobbs (7), Jacques Kallis (6)

20-11: Kumar Sangakkara (20), Dennis Compton (19), Sunil Gavaskar (18), Adam Gilchrist (17), Wally Hammond (16), Keith Miller (15), Ian Botham (14), Wasim Akram (13), Brian Lara (12), Muttiah Muralitharan (11).



30-21: Geoff Boycott (30), KS Ranjitsinhji (29), Frank Worrell (28), Herbert Sutcliffe (27), Kapil Dev (26), George Headley (25), Wilfred Rhodes (24), Len Hutton (23), Glenn McGrath (22), Richard Hadlee (21).

40-31: Frank Woolley (40), Javed Miandad (39), Alec Bedser (38), Fred Trueman (37), Victor Trumper (36), Dennis Lillee (35), Malcolm Marshall (34), Ricky Ponting (33), Waqar Younis (32), Allan Border (31).

50-41: Everton Weekes (50), George Lohmann (49), Dale Steyn (48), Graham Gooch (47), Fred Spofforth (46), Peter May (45), Virender Sehwag (44), Clarrie Grimmett (43), Hedley Verity (42), Graeme Pollock (41).

60-51: Alfred Mynn (60), Greg Chappell (59), Clyde Walcott (58), Brian Statham (57), 'Tich' Freeman (56), CB Fry (55), Alfred Shaw (54), Zaheer Abbas (53), Richie Benaud (52), George Hirst (51).

70-61: Steve Waugh (70), Ken Barrington (69), Gilbert Jessop (68), Neil Harvey (67), Barry Richards (66), Clive Lloyd (65), Colin Blythe (64), Mike Procter (63), Aubrey Faulkner (62), Les Ames (61).

80-71: Curtly Ambrose (80), Alan Davidson (79), Michael Holding (78), Bill O'Reilly (77), Shaun Pollock (76), Johnny Briggs (75), Vinoo Mankad (74), Jim Laker (73), Ray Lindwall (72), Tom Richardson (71).

90-81: Chris Gayle (90), Bill Ponsford (89), Alan Knott (88), Rahul Dravid (87), Derek Underwood (86), Monty Noble (85), Hanif Mohammad (84), Learie Constantine (83), Allan Donald (82), Anil Kumble (81).

100-91: Tom Goddard (100), Jack Hearne (99), Phil Mead (98), AB de Villiers (97), Charlie Parker (96), Vijay Merchant (95), Patsy Hendren (94), Charlie "The Terror" Turner (93), Maurice Tate (92), Warwick Armstrong (91).

Looks like a good list to me.
Thoughts?
 
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peterhrt

U19 Captain
SillyCowCorner1 said:
Who is this Benedict? The same guy that Nas and Athers be requesting confirmation of stats from during the live matches?
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Yes he's a statistician and English which is clearly reflected in his choices. Top 8 leading first-class run-scorers all there (including Hendren and Mead), as well as the five leading wicket-takers (including Freeman, Parker, Jack Hearne and Tom Goddard). Sixteen names here took 2,000 first-class wickets. 40 English nominations in all with Grace at number one.

A positive thing is 22 entries who played mainly pre-1914. This is more like the right proportion given that organised cricket goes back 300 years, although more than six of them should have been Australians. The Poll of Polls manages 10 names from this period (with Bermange's added), and CW just 8.

The TMS list had a similar agenda when including every English captain since 1930 to win a series in Australia, which explained the presence of Jardine, Illingworth, Brearley and Gatting.
 
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slowfinger

slowfinger

International Debutant
not a single "ODI" specialist in this list.

would be better to call this "100 greatest test cricketers"?
 
Molehill

Molehill

Cricketer Of The Year
peterhrt said:
Yes he's a statistician and English which is clearly reflected in his choices. Top 8 leading first-class run-scorers all there (including Hendren and Mead), as well as the five leading wicket-takers (including Freeman, Parker, Jack Hearne and Tom Goddard). Sixteen names here took 2,000 first-class wickets. 40 English nominations in all with Grace at number one.

A positive thing is 22 entries who played mainly pre-1914. This is more like the right proportion given that organised cricket goes back 300 years, although more than six of them should have been Australians. The Poll of Polls manages 10 names from this period (with Bermange's added), and CW just 8.

The TMS list had a similar agenda when including every English captain since 1930 to win a series in Australia, which explained the presence of Jardine, Illingworth, Brearley and Gatting.
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Pretty certain this was from a few years ago and doesn't include current players. If you've got 40 Englishmen and haven't included Anderson, Broad or Root then there's got to be a reason.
 
slowfinger

slowfinger

International Debutant
sayon basak said:
Who are some of those ONE day specialists that you would want to see in there?
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a certain Bumrah probably deserves some sort of acclaim, maybe MS Dhoni (and i'm not even Indian)

not even Kohli in there

come on, India have literally dominated world cricket the last 10 or so years there should be some represenstation of this era
 
Molehill

Molehill

Cricketer Of The Year
slowfinger said:
a certain Bumrah probably deserves some sort of acclaim, maybe MS Dhoni (and i'm not even Indian)

not even Kohli in there

come on, India have literally dominated world cricket the last 10 or so years there should be some represenstation of this era
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The list is from early 2017 (possibly even before that). Maybe if someone is going to post something like this they should offer some context.
 
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Swamp Witch Hattie

School Boy/Girl Captain
smash84 said:
Benedict Cumberbatch might make a better list.
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I'm thinking that maybe he was the author because it does seem a rather Strange list. Some posters here feel that it's a betrayal of non-English cricketers so maybe it was made up by Benedict Arnold. The list has W.G. Grace as #1 and I haven't been able to find out whether he was Catholic or Protestant but if he were Catholic then maybe the list was made up by Pope Benedict XVI!
 
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